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Since our first store opening in Bernabeu, Spain in October of 1992, we have established a strong relationship with Carlson Restaurants. We are proud to say we have been providing the Friday’s® experience to our customers in 10 different restaurants across three cities; Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia.

The T.G.I. Friday’s® International Team has provided us with tremendous support from operations, marketing and development to ensure we have the right locations for our restaurants and are serving quality food to our Guests each and every day.

We are very pleased to have the opportunity to develop the T.G.I. Friday’s® brand in Spain and we hope to open many more restaurants together in the future.

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Our partnership with Carlson Restaurants/T.G.I. Friday’s in Moscow began in 1997, and has been quite an honor for us to be part of this global family. Over the past 14 years we have worked very diligently at becoming the casual dining leader in the Russian market. As a result of our efforts we have successfully opened 37 restaurants, and the T.G.I. Friday’s brand has become one of the “key” brands within our portfolio.

We appreciate the inspiration you have provided us and your willingness to share your solid experience, and unconditional support we have received from the International Team. In addition, the T.G.I. Friday's franchise development process you provided to us helped to improve our own franchise model and allowed us to become the #1 franchisor in Russia!

We would like to thank Carlson Restaurants and wish you good luck and success for the next 100 years!

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American Bistro Scandinavia has been business partners with Carlson Restaurants/T.G.I. Friday’s since 1994. We opened our first restaurant more than 15 years ago in Stockholm. Today we operate 5 restaurants in Norway and 3 in Sweden. Friday’s have become a very successful brand for the owner Umoe Restaurant Group AS who operates more than 200 restaurants in Norway and Sweden.

Our T.G.I. Friday’s restaurants are the highest selling in our group and some of the highest selling T.G.I. Friday’s restaurants Worldwide. American Bistro Scandinavia AS have in 2011 signed a new 10 year development agreement with Carlson Restaurants. This speaks to itself of our success and belief in the brand as well as the organization backing it. T.G.I. Friday’s in Scandinavia have evolved with time to meet the guests expectation when it comes to design and ambiance.

American Bistro Scandinavia AS has successfully reengineered the operation of the restaurants to be very profitable even though Scandinavia have the highest labor cost World Wide. We welcome everybody to come and see our restaurants and learn more about our business – we have been shown the same hospitality through the years we have been members of the T.G.I. Friday’s family. Come and see for your self – warm regards from Espen Holm President of American Bistro Skamania AS and Nils Lemming SVP.

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